Thanks to everyone who entered the Dream Playgrounds competition to find Britain’s neediest playground.
Learning through Landscapes, the national school grounds charity, and our partner in delivering Dream Playgrounds, assessed all 1,200 entries and visited the short listed schools.
We are delighted to announce the eleven winning primary schools that made the most compelling case as to why they deserve to win a playground improvement grant to transform their school grounds.
Jessop Primary School in Lambeth, South London, convinced the judges that it deserved to win the top £100,000 prize to improve its depressing, unimaginative playground.
The ten runner-up schools, each winning £10,000, are:
- East of England - Thongsley Fields Primary and Nursery School in Huntingdon
- South East England - Somers Park Primary School, Southsea, Portsmouth
- South West England - Bishop Road Primary School, Bishopston, Bristol
- East Midlands - Highwood Player Junior School, Bilborough, Nottingham
- West Midlands - Kingsthorne Primary School, Kingstanding, Birmingham
- Yorkshire and Humberside - St Ann's Junior and Infant School, Eastwood, Rotherham
- North West England - Barrow Island Community Primary School, Barrow-in-Furness
- North East England - Archibald Primary School, Middlesbrough
- Scotland - St Mathew’s Primary School, Wishaw, Lanarkshire
- Wales - Cwmaber Junior School, Abertridwr, Caerphilly
In addition to the cash prize, all the winning schools will receive practical support and advice from a Learning through Landscapes school grounds expert as part of their Dream Playgrounds Award. The next few months will see each school progress its plans to turn its existing grounds into a stimulating and exciting outdoor space for learning and play.
If your school was unsuccessful this year, the Supergrounds website has lots of information and advice to help schools develop their school grounds in a way that gives pupils the opportunity to play and learn in an attractive, stimulating and safe environment. See Tips for improving your school grounds or visit Learning through Landscapes.
